Anthropologists do not use the term “primitive” to refer to art because
a. they cannot agree on a definition for the term.
b. primitive art is a craft, not really an art.
c. it has connotations of inferiority.
d. contemporary societies do not make such art at the present.
e. small-scale societies do not use the term.
ANS: C
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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A) 1–2 B) 2–3 C) 4–8 D) 8–15